Ballantine Books imprint: 2188 books
How Good Do You Want to Be?
A Champion's Tips on How to Lead and Succeed at Work and in Life
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
He guided LSU to its first football championship in forty-five years. He turned down countless offers from professional teams to stay with the job he loves. Now Nick Saban reveals the secrets that will help you lead and succeed at work and in life.
Excellence doesn’t happen overnight. It...
by Arnold Palmer
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2010
There has never been a golfer to rival Arnold Palmer. He's the most aggressive, most exciting player the game has ever known, a dynamo famous for coming from behind to make bold last-minute charges to victory. To the legions of golf fans known around the world as "Arnie's Army," Palmer is a charismatic...
Jackie Robinson
A Biography
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2011
The extraordinary life of Jackie Robinson is illuminated as never before in this full-scale biography by Arnold Rampersad, who was chosen by Jack's widow, Rachel, to tell her husband's story, and was given unprecedented access to his private papers. We are brought closer than we have ever been to...
Days of Grace
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2011
"Touching and courageous...All of it--the man, the life, the book--is rare and beautiful."
COSMOPOLITAN
DAYS OF GRACE is an inspiring memoir of a remarkable man who was the true embodiment of courage, elegance, and the spirit to fight: Arthur Ashe--tennis champion, social activist, and person...
by John Feinstein
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2010
THE LIBRARY OF CONTEMPORARY THOUGHT
"The Masters elevated Tiger Woods to a level of fame that perhaps no athlete outside of Muhammed Ali had ever achieved. People who knew absolutely nothing about golf, cared not at all about the sport, stopped to watch Tiger play. . . . He signed endorsement...
The 33-Year-Old Rookie
How I Finally Made it to the Big Leagues After Eleven Years in the Minors
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2008
Chris Coste dreamed of playing major-league baseball from the age of seven. But after eleven grueling years in the minors, a spot on a major-league roster still seemed just out of his reach–until that fateful call came from the Philadelphia Phillies in May 2006. At age thirty-three (“going on...
Go Long!
Maximizing the Drive Within
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2007
Jerry Rice has been called the best pro football player ever. In spite of Rice’s legendary gridiron skills, or even his ability to transform himself into an instant ballroom-dance prodigy on ABC’s hit TV series Dancing with the Stars, the surprising fact is, a guy like Jerry Rice is made and not...
Ask a Manager
How to Navigate Clueless Colleagues, Lunch-Stealing Bosses, and the Rest of Your Life at Work
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018
From the creator of the popular website Ask a Manager and New York’s work-advice columnist comes a witty, practical guide to 200 difficult professional conversations—featuring all-new advice!
There’s a reason Alison Green has been called “the Dear Abby of the work world.” Ten years...
The Express
The Ernie Davis Story
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2008
“He could do it all, beat every opponent . . . except one.”
–plaque honoring Ernie Davis, in the lobby of Elmira Free Academy
Ernie Davis was an All-American on the gridiron, and a man of integrity off the field. A multi-sport high school star in Elmira, New York, Davis went on to Syracuse...
New Job, New You
A Guide to Reinventing Yourself in a Bright New Career
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2009
If you're dissatisfied in your current position, fantasize about doing something else with your life, or have just unceremoniously been given a pink slip, take heart. It's never too late to start fresh and forge ahead on a fulfilling new career path. Alexandra Levit, career columnist for The Wall...
We Got Fired!
. . . And It's the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Us
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2004
**No fight left? No future? Does the handwriting on the wall say utter failure? **
Harvey Mackay, one of the world’s best-selling motivational and business authors tells you why it isn’t so. He reveals anecdotes and secrets from some of the best and brightest headliners in our world...
Rebounders
How Winners Pivot from Setback to Success
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
Let’s face it: Setbacks happen, and failure is always a possibility. But here’s the good news: Amazing success has been achieved by people who once fell flat on their faces. The secret lies in how we respond to life’s bumps and pot holes and unwelcome detours—from getting fired or losing a...
There's a Business in Every Woman
A 7-Step Guide to Discovering, Starting, and Building the Business of Your Dreams
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2007
“Ann Holmes has created the perfect guide to help women turn their dreams into a reality.”
–Donna Mullen Good, CEO of the Center for Women & Enterprise
If you’ve ever dreamed of starting your own business, or if you’ve ever wondered about how to build up the business you already...
by Keith Cameron Smith
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2012
Starting, owning, or running a successful company can bring personal and financial freedom as well as a profound sense of accomplishment, especially in times of turmoil. In this powerful guide to achieving independence, entrepreneur and inspirational speaker Keith Cameron Smith shares ten crucial...